In 1945 the University started as a campus of the University of Alberta and was variously referred to as the “Univeristy of Alberta at Calgary”, the “Univeristy of Alberta-Calgary”, and the “Univeristy of Alberta (Calgary)”. In 1966 it became its own separate university.

The Dinosaurs came back to life in 1964-65 in the old WIAA. One difference between Calgary and many other western universities is that they never competed at the senior or junior levels prior to joining the university ranks. They did, however, play in the 1967-68 Alberta Senior Playoffs for the first half of the season.

Things did progress such that Calgary won the 1974 conference title. Despite growth of the CWUAA over the years, the Dinos continued to be part of the "Big Four" pretty much every year, along with Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

∆ Qualified for University Cup in 1974, 1976, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995, and 1996 as conference champion, in 1981 as hosts, in 2000 and 2011 as national rotating wild-card, and in 2015 as conference runner-up.

Notes:

The WIAA played a two division format in 1971-72: West (W) and East (E).

The GPAC merged into the CWUAA in 1985-86.

The CWUAA played a two division format from 1996-97 to 2006-07: Mountain (M) and Great Plains (GP).